Vial-bottoming machine.



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Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

E. E. KIMBLE. VIAL BOTTOMING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7'. 1911.

PamxvltedY Mar. 11, 1913.

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E. E. KIMBLE.

VIAL BOTTOMING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILEJD JAN. 7, 1911.

1,055,402. Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

7 SHEETS-SHEET 5.

E. B. KIMBLE. VIAL BOTTOMING MACHINE,

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7, 1911y Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

E. E. KIMBLB. VIAL BOTTOMING MACHINE.

APPLICATION fum) JAN.7,1911. y

1,955,402, Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

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Application ille Jennery C?, will.

ollmlfs into :i parir of blanks; enel 'imsiiing or truliig fllge liotom of each,

ri the accompanying drmvinge which :form 1i part of this epoeiliczii; ori' imd throughout 'elle Various views oil which like reference olieraeters refer lo ille same, pri/ris, l have illustrated @preferred and desir-Libie embodiment of this invention.

le. eliese drawings; Figure l :i from elevation of tiie'rriaeliine; lfj'. f3 im elevation of ille left imurl @11d of the Iiioolxioe as viewed iifloio the from; Fig. enel@ lotion of 'the other end of lie .immobilie 3 ifi 4; is si vertical er eS-eeeiioo on lino ot i; llig. o is i croise-section. through the Simili: ashoiivirig; one of the cams; if 1g. 6 Sido -elemniori olf the roller isiippormig Fig. @am

'is si Fig. 7 isi o, il-im View of me same pmt; Fig. S is e vorliofil cross-seol-ioii; on. line 8-8 of l; Fig. l? 1" flefmril View oil.' ille bottom imlaer; liig. ll) muillier through therein Sli "ig llig. ll iii f plain View of lie maoloiiie.; ifi); l2 is zi biiiiilur View with the top po, fiom olf Lilo machine remo'vool; 4sind Fig.. l?, to lo are :lingrnrm metio views illustrating the v-.irioos stem iii dividing the double iiioulor lolmilrs emi iinisl'iing ialoe bottoms of iolmilrs. I I ""oe machine ooo'iplfisee supporos, having e pair oi? 'meiiiliers mici QT, in'whieli'io e. eoiizfeyer Siiiei't M, termitien'fly rotatable amel iiriviiw livrer! its control po'rio-n :loer oom/e3. if diz` 39,81 und notelieri :Je 33 ril: io in iliiiement for. troiisjgrorotion oir blmike. "ihie eofweyeif the @to rzigehet wl' eel such Ei. wlw ed on 'lae in outer emi :L :spring-iolooted grml main :Eremo or minttwo seguiremo.

Semi, im. sorriso.

to ao--raizt with the teeth of rho ratchet wheel. 'lfiiiz-s rim; iii o ierzilod et intervals by Ineens of ii om 3i', 'in'.ed. to a revoluble lower com sli-iii; 35, the pewl ar'n B5 receivingI its iiioven'ienl, from lie eem by means of a conf Iieetiiig member i.) pivoifed to the end 0f firm 35i, :md having its lower` e'nd bifuroated :il: lll) so :is Lo filfrziddle the com shaft 3S, .rauch member 39 carrying :i roller 4:1 ermeling' in the irregular groove oil' the com. this menos the intermiltom `rotation of the prevented by a lool: )owl 422, fu c rulned on ille :wrm of the mnenino ai, zimi pulled lowfo. by nv coil contr-richie spring :M which connects ilie saune with the lower portion of coixneetion member 39. n

@n :i cross bur 4.5, (Fig. 12) of the 11min :frame there irs mounted n. pair of"split Screws i8 and accommodating e rod 49 llaving o central eccentrica portion 50 extended extending downwardly through opposlte sides of o roller frame 53, (Figs. 4, 6 and l2). mir portions Sei mild 555 accommodated bei'weon rho nwo inber and outer conveyor disks mifl'il ami :'29 und 32. These p0rlioiis of the rmoe :iro open :at 5G which no oommorlil'e iwo short shafts 57 und 58, each o3? which is equipped with u pair of rollers 5) :md (l0. portions mul :'55 are connected together by :i fiori; of the .frame which is supported on mi :uiljusting ,screw '5l projecting upwfirl'lly through outliii'eiiderl opening 111 the om' (Si) oxfemla-(l across; llio from of the Ina,- eliine :wel supported by zuid forn'iing a part ol the moin. .freine 25S. These rollers are so positioned :1S liqiiuppori the tubular blaiik "iii the positiorfdin eepumed, and nifed, one of the double blanks*temporarilyrestiu on these rollers during these oiiiomiions (ne lo tlie'inielj mi iene iieivion of the notched. conveying (limsi. i; will oe :.ngpzlrent that, by loosening.; lim screws S, the eccentric rod 49--' 50 irmjf bo mirnorl fmgulurly 5o ns to fidjuet the werilly lo proper poitiorl. vertical adjustment osneli Frame iii-img: lirouglilf about by i ille imilipiilummi of 'iw adjusting screw 6L.

.' M: lire from: ol* lille emo-bine and noimted .Fri-,refered Mor, i l, 15H3 conveyor simil, and oom/eyei- `disks is brought' abono, backward iriivel of there iarts beingthrougf'li apertures 51 in depending ears 52,

At, their front ends these two'.

roller ironie 53 eligli'ij/ forwardly or Your.y

clamps flf und i7 tightened by means of` This wrm lios two forwnrrlly-extendhich they are heated',

- tator shaft 67 on which is rockingly mounted .on the bar 62 I employ a feed magazine 63,

adapted to receive the tubular double blanks, the o posite ends of which have preferably alrea'y been supplied with necks and mouths. This magazine has a pair'of side walls 64:, adjustably secured to the inner face of each of which is a curved guide 65 projecting in an inclined direction to the conveyer, the general disposition of the magazine itself being also inclined. These guides are provided for the purpose of compelling the glass tubular blanks to be fed to the conveyer in a single. layer as shown in F 8. In order to agitate these tubular blanks in the magazine so as to bring about a proper .feed of the same to the conveyer, I provide the magazine with a pair of depending afms 66 providing bearings for an agian agitator 68 having a somewhat roughened top surface 6;@` projecting upwardly into the conveyer through a slot 70 whereby a portion of the tubular blanks rest upon the agitator. The lower end of the latter is connected by a link 71, (Fig. 8) to the upper end of a bell crank lever 72 fulcrumed on the frame at 73 in cooperative relation with a projection 7/1 on the edge portion of a rotary cam 75 fixed to the cam shaft 38. When this projection strikes the foot or short arm of the bell crank the agitator is swung in one direction and during the continued rotation of the projection 'it will subsequently strike the longer arm of the bell crank working the agitator in the opposite direction. In this way the glass blanks are sutiiciently agitated or stirred to bring about the proper feed to the conveyer. As is clearly indicated in Fig. 8 the discharge mouth of the magazine is in register with one set of notches of the multiple disk convcyer when the latter is temporarily stationary so that the blanks can bereadiIy fed automatically to the conveyer. The lsucceeding blanks beneath the guides being held back in position by the peripheries of the conveyer disks until another set of notches comes into register with the magazine mouth.

Thecam Vshaft 88 referred to is rotated by means of a pulley 76 loosely. mounted thereon, such pulley having fixed thereto a pinion 77 in mesh with a larger gear 78 on a short shaft 79, the latter also being equipped with a pinion S0 in mesh with a gear 81 on shaft 38 by means of which such shaft is rotated. In addition the shtrt shaft 79 is metal disk 98,

equipped with a bevel gear 82 meshing with a similar gear 83 on'the lower end of a slightly inclined shaft 84, theuppcr end of which, by means of co-acting bevel gears l' and S6 rotates a top longitudinal shaft 87 revoluble in a pair of bearings SS and. 89 on the main frame.

Loosely mounted on shaft 8T is a sleeve 90 on which at its opposite ends are rocki ibamos its front portiona bearing 94 accommodating a shaft 95 equipped at one end Wit-h a gear 96 meshing with a similar gear 97 fixed lto shaft 87, by means of which gearing shaft 95 is rotated. Att its inner end such shaft 95 has fixed thereto a metal disk 98 secured to which is a resilient or elastic disk or ring 99, such for example as rubber, the periphery or edge 100 of which is beveled in the direction indicated. The greater portion of the end face of such rubber disk is covered with an. asbestos protecting facing 101. The other bearing member 91 is likewise supplied with collar portions 93, bearing 94, shaft 95, co-actingdriving ears 96 and 97, rotective facing 101, and rubber disk or ring 102,havi'ng an angular or beveled face 103 beveled in the opposite direction from that of disk 99 for a purpose set forth hereinafter. It should be noted also that the bearings 94 of the members 91 and 92 are ,notpaiallel to the axis of the top shaft 87, but are slightlydiagonally disposed thereto in opposite directions, as is clearly shown for example in F ig. 11. Rockingly mounted onthe sleeve 90 I employ a lifting member 104;, having two forwardly extending fingers 105disposed beneath the bearing members 91 and 92, the latter being equipped with an adjusting screw 106 with which the two tingers are adapted to co-act to lift the bearing members and their rollers at intervals. This' rockingly lifted member 104 is operated in proper timed relation to the actuation of the other parts of themechanism vby means of a cam 107 on cam shaft 38, s ch cam coacting with a roller 108 on a con ecting bar 109, which at its lower end st raddles the learn shaft and at its lupper end is pivoted at 110 to a rearwardly extending portion of the lifting member. y

' ln a bearing 111 on the frame of the machine I mount a sliding shaft or rod 112,

having fixed to its vinner end a curved head 113 adjacent to the notched conveyer disk 32, said head having therein a freely rotatable anti-friction disk 114 in register with the glass tube sections when the latter t are resting upon the supporting rollers 59 and (30, the adjacent end of the tubular blank being adapted to bear against such anti-friction disk or abutment. A vertically slotted bracket 115 is clamped on the outer end of the sliding` shaft or rod 112,

the slot of the same aeconnnmlating the upstanding arm 116 of a bell crank lever,

- :is io eie'eily indie-titoli in the drawing. i

Fig. 12.) Both of these hell-crank lavoro 'zio moitie@ the position of the brochet on the i-oiliiiiil.

adjusting the connection of tlievhelleizinh lever with. the brochet, the i'iioveinent of the curved head may he viirieil oo that thinninchin-o eiiii accommodate and worli; iiiion blanks of diierent lengths. Tho sliding hond .113 :incl its operating; ports, no iliiris they have been doseriiieil ii'liove, lire duplicated on the opposite side of the niiicliiqiie bee oiirl 'the euri/oi hondo vfihieh they iietiiiite nro operaie/il by iiieiiiivs oil o rotiiiy com on. anni :iliiijl't 3B, suoli coin having ii groove reoeiviiig ii roller on connecting rod 1223., which sti'eildlos the sho'ft as shown in il), and which has et its upper onil fi short @finalizing lever 129% iileriiined thereon nt 125, l'llhe opposite ei'iilo of such eqiiiilizing lever having pivotiil coniieetion with the ends oi tho horizontal arms il? olf tho tivo hell cranks. (Seo Fig. 1).

ln a machine ol this kind it 'le' desirable to so make. the iiiechzinifiin that it ivillhottoni viales of different capacities, that is ofdillorent lengths, consequently the iiizieliino mnst be so eonstriieeil iis to oeeoniinoilnto tubular blanks of (lilierent lengths unil to ilo this the movements of the sliding 'heads 3.123 iiiiist be Viii'ieil. in the pieei'iit inotiinco this diil'erenee in the travel oi the eiirifoil lie-ids is brought about without changing the operating oom actuating the hell-crunk lovers 116 :ind 117. 'lhe clim hun oney or more portions of the inner surface of its; groove olf less radins than is necesiziry to aceoininoi'hite the roller ti'nveliiigr .in the groove. lr. other worries, iitfoiio or more points of the groove l`the roller is loose 'thei'eiiiiinil in orilw lo iniiinliiin the roller in the proper itlVN i'eil positionv iliii'iiig; its travel through, ouch enliirnfeil part or piirtsi of the groove the following inailiiiineiiliilities :ire employed.

The ilownwiiril rooliiiiig of thehor iiioiitiil Iiiiin' 11.7 of one oi" the hell ei'i'iiilis ifi limited and restiiieteel hy'iiin iiiliiii-sl'iiliio :Shrew lilo which beurs on ii stop 'll on the iniieliiiiii i'iiine, whioln ot eoiii' liiiiiilsi thovinwiirii travel of the roller ioiiiiri." the fifii olf the ciiiii shaft.' Also tl'iii i il connection. of the eqiializing lever rod 123 is n pin-in-ol eoiiiieetioii., in'Fig. 8, such oiiiiiilizisingf liiver'iioingl; noron the ifoiinieiztiiig' iiivvii i molly pulled clownwiiriily to the limit of tile spring 128. Obviously, the adjusting of tho screw h2o in 'eli'eet modifies the shape of the operating oiii'ii 122. A

By reference to Fig. 8 it will be obsorveil that on" :i supporting rod 129 :it the brick ol' the iimchiiie l i'ooliingly mount :in arm lil() of boielilio or skeleton formation :it its front end 11,231, siieh end accommodating two finishingr hiirs 132 :ind 133 yieldiiigly held iipiirt liy :in interposed 12B-l. This; :irni is oscillatefl intermittently So iis to bringn the exiil of these nishing hors into inici ont of opera-tie position with relation 'to the bottoniiiwof thev vials, rhy niciiiifi oiE u coiiijiectiiiggroel 135 pivoted `:it 13G to the nini and having its lower forli'eil enel provided with ii roller 137 -ti'iiveling in :i groove in :i side face oi' the Arotary ciiiii '(5. Iii Fig'these finishing liliieles or, hiirs sire shown in operative position with respect to the ends oi the vials.

The iniieliiiio han :it its Yfront and also at its renil :i piiir of gas burners 138 to which gaio mid. nir are supplied in the iisiiiil and customary manner Athrough suitable pipes, the gils supply heini); governed. sind con trolled hy ii valve .12:59, while the nir supply 'is controlled by ii similar valve 14), both of finch valves being operated by ii viilve com lfll on iin enel of the cani shaft 38, siieh com co-iictingig with :i springgow orned lever ll-lQ iileriiii'ieil on the from@ of the innohine 'lit 143 iinil connected 'io the tivo valves by n link or connecting rod 144.

nii' to the liiiriiern` in such :i manner that .ioi'tion of the tiiliiiliir hliinlis t hiring the travel of tho conveyor to bring :i new liliiiili' into position.

The operation olY this,l infieliiiie is sub iiseil heeiiiise eiieh liliinh `ioriiis two virils fire leil individually from tlio'nizigii/iiiio into the notches or .recesses oi the intermittenti operating rotary conveyor. iirist step 'or'. the conveyor filler one ofilr noel-iets hun ieceiveil one of the double liliiiilie, the leiter .is brought np under find .i5-1 ieiiiporiirily liiilil :itziiio-i'iiiry heiieiiihv the iront ,mii-i iiiiiriiei' iiiiillin siillieieiit proximity tlioreto to lio hauled thereby enough 'lo eniiil the nioietiiro therefrom. During the next iiil'p'ion of the conveyor vsuoli 'inlin-l l hir liliinli in 'moved rearwardly from beneath This com controls the supply of gais :mily

the front und reni' llgiines aire directed onto being ciit oli (hiring 4the pressing of thev .bottoms against the finishing blades anillstiinlially as 4follows: The doiihle tubularhollow glass; blanks, (the terni double bein? During Vt el triivel of the pin in the slot by ii ooil eontracleaf Spring holtoiiis of the vials iniide ffl . the central portion of the blank, which is rotated at this time and held against the anti-friction disk 114 of the right-hand curved head 113 (as the machine is viewed from the front) by the positively-driven yielding beveled rubber disk 99, which is permit-ted to come into contact with the top of the right-hand portion of the blank by the operation of cam 107 which controls the actuation of lifting member 101. At this time however, the lifting member has not been shifted or lowered suticiently to permit the other beveled roller 112 to engage the tube. The diagonal disposition of shaft 95 and rubber disk 99 combined with the operation of the beveled face of the latter acts to hold the blank over against `the anti friction disk so that the central portion of the blank will be heated. It is not absolutely necessary that this rubber roller 98 should have this diagonal relationsince the yielding of this beveled port-ion is sutilcient to pull the tube yover to the vright, against the corresponding head andl its anti friction disk. After the rotating blank has been heated sutliciently in this manner the lifting member is rocked farther downwardly 'by this cam so as to permit the companion rubber disk '102 to engage thetop of the left-handpartof the blank, the right-hand roller'or disk 99 maintaining its contact with the other half of the blank. At the same time that the roller 102 engages the blank the two curved heads 113 separate somewhat due to the action of their controlling cam and the two rubber rollers 9S) and 92 act to pull apart the two halves of the tubular blanks, which results in the closing of the adjacent bottoms of the two .alined vials, each of which is now supported on four of the rollers 59 and (J0. The 'controlling cam then causes the two heads 113 to approach one another, the two rubber rollers each revolving its own vial, so as to again bring the bottoms ofthe vials into the flames ot' the burners which act to reheat such bottoms causing an evening otl the thickness thereof. This approach of the heads and vials toward one another is of course in opposition to the lesser separating action'of the pair of yielding' beveled rollers.4

The heads 11S then separate again; the two vials following them. owing to the separatingr action of their rubber rollers` the spring-pressed finishing blades are shifted into position between such bottoms by their operating cam, and then the heads approach each other so as to push the bottomsl of the two vials against the opposite sides of the two finishing blades or bars 132 and 13B which yield and move toward one another in opposition to the expanding or separating action of the leaf spring 134. After the vialshave been separated and after their bottoms have been relieated, just prelirnnary to the introduction of the finishing blades between them, the rubber. rollers are lifted so that when the bottoms of the vials are pressed against the finishing blades they are not rotated. During the next movement of the conveyer the two alined finished vials are carried rearwardly by the two halves of the oonveyer so that their bottomsl are temporarily held beneath the rear burner which acts to anneal the same and permits the bottoms to become thoroughly set before the vials are dis charged at the back of the machine, which action takes place during the next movement of the conveyer.

It i', to be understood that four of the pockets of the conveyor are at all times occupied, so that while one blank is being operated upon to produce the vials another blank is being preliminarily heated, another blank is being introducted into the conveyer,` and two finished vials are being cooled and annealed. At just about the Sametime that ,the finishing blades come up between the vials, the supply gas is reduced maintaining the burner still lighted and the supply of compressed air is cuil ott' entirely so that the flame does not playa upon the vials dur;-

ing the smoothing7 finishing or truing of their bottoms against the blades.

In ease it is desired to have this machine produce vials of greater diameter7 and ordinarily such .vials will also be of greater length, it necessary to adjust some of the parts of the machine under these circumstances.` lt is not ordinarily necessary to separate the two parts of such a blank to any greater extent to form the bottoms than for the production'of the smaller vials, but, inasmuch as a greater amount of stock is consumed in forming the bottomsP it is necessai-y to increase the inward travel of the beads to againbring the bottoms into the lield of action of the gas llames for the reheating. The two parts of the magazine are adjustable toward and from each other which permits the magazine to be varied in width to receive the longer blanks. lt )is als@ incessary bteause of this increasd length of the blanks, to separate the head farther from one another and this is done byk changing the position of the clamp brackets 115 on the sliding rods of shaft 112. The beveled rubber rollers act as in thc pre-- viousl instance, but the greater inward travel of the heads referred to above is brought about by manipulation of the adjusting`- svt-ew 1.2(3v which permits a greater rockin of the bell crank levers 116 and 117 to take place. As has been explained, this adjustinsegne mitiing one of the rollers saine befoieA the other, subsant embodiment lbsrei'n lseoii'ibitcl snel 'tfbzii 'runny' changes inny be inode 'in slzinclginal iloi'sils without lepel-fing from; snbsnniee o lim invention.'

l claim:

l. ln f1 vial botion'iing nmclii e, ille comA4 binntion ol' o. bonner, zin i: mi', moons foo, hold the donbloinbnloi.g 5' bliinl signin, said sibnllnent during lbs iin-oliil airy belli"- ing ol an inciniefliiiie poi-lion i lhe tube by said healer, :nifl moons 2o, sepnl'nie the blank after being pioliininorilj/ lieaiiecl into t-wo parts mid close ille boli/oms of the poi?, of paris, substantially es fiesci'iibeol. i

2. ln a vial botoming nmoliine, ll'io oombination of zi heater, on abili/nient, s beveled resilient; rolleil :iclopl'eql io bolli double in bnlsir glass blank enklwise algo" l sniil siminient during inenting.;r ol' on iniexinediete tion of ille blank by en, inem? revolve said rollei', m'uflniri sii-id roller to i hesiod into iwo nz of ille pail' oli scribed.

3. lin u, fini boil; binaiionof ai lioaiifi resilient` roller :iiiaig'uleil i'oizile n f'lonblc tubulin' ,sla the sanno ,enil signin during beating; ol :in i of the tubo by suiil infin i resiliei'il roller inlopli-il lo manif.. blnnli, wllci'cby 'ilul lxs/o of. to separat? tlm blank :mi ino two mils. :nifl im.

:ii mili und and bold a pail' of opposielybeviel :uilnpl'ed lo beni' on poilm' om'iosilie sides of il;: l;

Contact ol tlie rollers "willi mi io l scribed.

successively heads lio be scie-il upon by' slnl lient/oi', o

In n vini bolztoniing nmcbinis, liv: mofbet wenn siii ci plu z' ion .of opposili ly-be'y'elefjl iesilicnt .rollers ai'lnpb ed to bem* upon lilo double vicil blfinliis l ,iuris olf the blank at binzuiiim .binalion of :i

opposite side-s of its heated section, means to :minnie :mid rollers, s yielding vformell', nml means to intofluce' said former* between nml wiilnlmw il; from between the divided blanks, said loller-actuating ineens, headxnoi'fingg means und oi'iner-nroducing .menus ogoeiiziiing to rotaie the double blanks :md liolcl 'the sinne against one of thelieads by one o the rollers during the hosting, lto separate lilo blank into two parts and pernnt ille ssnling of their niljiicent bottoms in' 'lle sgipz'milingg action of both rollers on the bellied {ion'nle blank, w censo lle blanks lo zipitoroncli ono onoiflloi io bring their-bottoms 1nto ille fflelcl oi fiction of the beater, to again seperate the blanks, to introduce the form-ei' between the blanks for Ewing purposes and lo conse time bottoms el? 'the blanks on vil-ils lo bein' against seid for-mer.

"6. ln n fiel bottoniing machine the combinilimi oi n healer, a nir o4 movable heads, ineens lio :nove said eals, s, conveyer znlxipte lo bring double viol blanks snccessivcly inl'o position be'uveen saicl heads to be serieel uponby said heetst.. s pair oo' pf oiielf/bevclc-fl resilient rollers nilapte lo beni upon .be poils of the blank on opposite siles ol iwi section, means to actu-nte sind rollcrs, sniil roller-actuating means and lieinl-nioving menus operating to rotule the double lil-.niks :mil bold the sinne against one oi' line heiilsby one of the, i'ollei's during tbe 'lic-Li Ing, lo sepan'iize the blank into wo paris :ind permit the sealing of their adju-- ccnl', boli/oms by the separating action of bolli rollers on ille heated (lonble blank, :nul io canse the blanks to approach one anoiliei' to bring their bottoms into the field 0l fiction oi' ille hoster, snbstnnlinllyos described.

7. lino viol ljioiloming iii-achille, tbe comlienler, s pair of movable bowls, omini: lo move said bern s, n conveyor mloploil to bring; double viol blanks successively lolo position between said heads lo be civil upon bjr sniil healer, n pair of oppositelf/lloveleil resilient rollers adopted lo bein. noon ille poils of ille blank on opposite sido; oi ils lienlocl selflicn, and means lo oclnzile f-:iiiil rollers, mid rollen-nci'miiing n'iofms :mil lumisowing .means operating to voluto ille loniilc blanks :ind bold 'be same fiiizziinst one of.' ille heads hiring hclwnting :mil lo sopor-nio ille blanks into two parts amil ncrinii. libe scaling of their adjacent bolgifnns by llie separating action of both i'ollei's on ilse healed double blank, substanlinlly described.

is, ln :i viol boitomingg machine, izhe com millon oi means io benl ille viol blank and 1: ils boiloin, and means to press the lon: against n yielding truing misi-initially es described.

1i/'il bottoming machine, the comoff imzons lo rotate il vial blank,

means to heat the blank and close its bottom, and means to press the heated bottom against a yielding truing surface, substantially as described.

l0. In a vial bottoming machine, the com- .substantially as described.

11. In a vial bottoming machine, the combination of means to heat a vial blank intermediate its ends, means to separate the blank into two parts by drawing them apart, per* mitting the adjacent heated ends of the two blanks to seal to form bottoms, a pair of truing blades, a yielding cushion between saidv blades,means to introduce said blades ibamos.

between the separated vial bottoms of the two parts, and means to apply the two botM toms to said blades'to true the same, substantially as described.

12. ln a vial bottoming machine, the conii.

bination of a movable head, a cam, av connection between said cam and head, and adjusting means to modify the extent of travel of said head, substantially as deg scribed.

13. In 'a vial bottoming machine, the combination of a movable head, a cani having a cam groove, a connection between said cam .and head including a roller adapted to y travel in said groove, said groove at one or more portions being wider than said roller,

and adjusting means cooperating with said cam to determine the movement 0f said roller, substantially as described.

llitnesses: f

WM. D, Boor., D. W..GRUBEL. 

